by CJ | Dec 31, 2012 | Journal
We really wanted to go join the local filk group: the downtown Opening Night theme this year is the Universe, and the filk group has a gig on in the celebration, but I’m still prone to tire out: mineral levels, electrolytes, or whatever: yogurt is helping,...
by CJ | Dec 28, 2012 | Journal
It was up for a vote on Christmas night. I usually drink box Chardonnay—Chard isn’t the fussiest of white wines, and Jane doesn’t always drink it, and bottled wine is spendy; you have to have a pricey re-corking device to keep it well, the little...
by Jane | Dec 26, 2012 | Journal
Hi, everyone. Jane, here. CJ asked me to post that she had a wonderful Christmas and will be back as soon as she’s recovered from whatever zapped her last night. Either a little bug or something she ate has had her down for the count all day. Can’t even...
by CJ | Dec 23, 2012 | Journal
It was Mike Briggs’ birthday. We drove down to Mike and Patty’s house—it was a costume party; we were pirates. And we had filk, food, and fun while waiting for the end of the world—which of course fizzled. We stayed the night, had a very nice...
by CJ | Dec 20, 2012 | Journal
Foreigner-in-audio is not a ‘read’ type audio: this is like watching a movie with your ears, professional level movie audio with actors: let your imagination paint the pictures. This link is to a community developing at that site, and if you...
by CJ | Dec 20, 2012 | Journal
Foreigner-in-audio is not a ‘read’ type audio: this is like watching a movie with your ears, professional level movie audio with actors: let your imagination paint the pictures. This link is to a community developing at that site, and if you...
by CJ | Dec 19, 2012 | Journal
…I’d gotten her a simple Kenmore that should have just sewn a simple seam, eh? Couldn’t work one day before it started making a loose-cam sort of sound and skipping stitches. THAT’s being returned to Amazon, practically a round trip. As...
by CJ | Dec 19, 2012 | Journal
…I’d gotten her a simple Kenmore that should have just sewn a simple seam, eh? Couldn’t work one day before it started making a loose-cam sort of sound and skipping stitches. THAT’s being returned to Amazon, practically a round trip. As...
by CJ | Dec 16, 2012 | Journal
And most of the CHristmas decorations are up. We had one oops last night, a vase set too near a door — which I knocked over; but it’s a metal vase and the greenery is all fake—us allergy sufferers can’t use the real stuff. But Jane’s got...
by CJ | Dec 13, 2012 | Journal
So far, so good. One load washed. Squeaky clean, no fuss, no bother, glasses sparkling. The dish-loading is quite different: but we’ll figure it out. They also recommend Finish additive—and when Jane and I thought this over, and thought over the local...
by CJ | Dec 12, 2012 | Journal
A real picturebook snow. We thought we were going to go out to dinner. I don’t think this is likely.
by CJ | Dec 11, 2012 | Journal
It never fails. I’ve finally hit my stride on this book—which has been a harder-than-usual book, on which I’ve been thinking hard since June (interrupted by having my eyes messed up since late September: still not quite 100%, but gaining on it) and...